FReeper Canteen ~ Memorial Day Weekend ~ 27 May 2011

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Memorial Day Weekend ~ Remembering Our Troops ~

RECRUIT CORRECTION

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Saldana corrects a recruit during a senior drill instructor inspection on Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, May 6, 2011. Saldana, assigned to the 1st Battalion, was nominated Drill Instructor of the Year for the entire Marine Corps. U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

CHRISTENING CEREMONY

Streamers mark the christening of the destroyer USS Michael Murphy during a ceremony in Bath, Maine, May 7, 2011. The destroyer is named for Medal of Honor recipient Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who received the honor for heroic actions during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan, June 28, 2005. U.S. Navy photos Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini Jones Vanderwyst

ENDURANCE EFFORT

A U.S. Marine helps a fellow Marine through a muddy obstacle at the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, April 29, 2011. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Patricia D. Lockhart

LEVEE PROTECTION

U.S. Army soldiers construct sand-filled basket barriers on top of a levee along Lake Palourde in Morgan City, La., May 10, 2011. The soldiers, members of the Louisiana National Guard assigned to the 927th and 928th Engineer companies, are adding three feet of protection to the levee to block possible flooding from the rising Mississippi River. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Owens

Liberty Fanfare

We Are All A Family

The Higher We Fly

God Bless The USA

The Washington Post

WASH DOWN

U.S. Air Force airmen wash fire retardant off of a C-130J Hercules aircraft on Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 3, 2011, after a day of firefighting operations. The airmen are assigned to the 146th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, California Air National Guard. The highly corrosive fire retardant needs to be washed off as soon as possible to prevent aircraft damage. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris

AFGHAN MISSION

An F-16 Fighting Falcon returns to mission after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker over the skies of Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom, May 8, 2011. The Falcon is assigned to the 555th Fighter Squadron based on Aviano Air Base, Italy, and the Stratotanker is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. William Greer

CAVE CAUTIOUS

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rudy Skultety pulls security near a cave as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and the U.S. Agriculture Department visit a village near the city of Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province, May 8, 2011. Skultety is assigned to the reconstruction team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

The Thunderer

The West Point March

America The Beautiful

Trinkets & Beads

Lord Guard & Guide

Courtyard Concentraton

U.S. Army Sgt. Johnny Hoyos pulls security above a prisoner courtyard as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and 25th Infantry Division's 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team visit the Zabul Provincial Prison, Afghanistan, May 11, 2011. Hoyos is assigned to the team's security force. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

GRADUATION CELEBRATION

Cadets celebrate their graduation after commencement exercises at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., May 16, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

CARRIER COLORS

U.S. Navy sailors render a salute to Navy Secretary Navy Ray Mabus aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, May 16, 2011. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is participating in a training unit exercise off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Crishanda K. McCall

Welcome home, SFC FReeper txradioguy, from Kandahar....
thank you for your service to America.

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[AZamericonnie]

You know I've only seen a woodpecker once in my life.

He was a noisy fellow! LOL

How's Phred doing?

[ColdOne]

Wow proofreading...GOOD... *hugs* not hufs!!!

[ConorMacNessa]

1ère classe Cyril Louaisil, 2ème Régiment d’Infanterie de Marine (RIMa), Mort en Afghanistan 18MAI2011 Armee de la France, 13ème Régiment du Génie, KIA Afghanistan 10MAY2011



J'ai combattu le bon combat.
J'ai achevé ma course.
J'ai gardé la foi.
2 Timothée 4:7 (La Bible du Semeur)

Flowers of the Forest



Black Watch Piper

Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



French Military Cemetery at Soupir

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Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[2111USMC]

Welcome home Tex!

[AZamericonnie]

Saw this tat today...

[ColdOne]

You know I've only seen a woodpecker once in my life. He was a noisy fellow! LOL How's Phred doing? Phred is doing just fine so far. I worry about when the town fills up with people and him chasing cars. Tasha did that also. We have 2 different types of woodpeckers that I have seen up here so far. Most locals do not like them, I do they eat the bugs.

[luvie]

Wow! You actually saw it ON someone? That had to hurt! Very patriotic, though!

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Gents! *hugs*

[luvie]

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[luvie]

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[AZamericonnie]

Ehhhh....proofreading is for people who can’t read typo.

I am well versed in both the reading & writing of typo!:)

[PROCON]

Hiya Navy Bro!

Rainy and 60ish here in the Looney state!

Sonboy and I are heading out trout fishing this weekend, watch some baseball and pay our respects to the Fallen Monday at the local National Guard Armory ceremony.

I hope the weather cooperates!

[ConorMacNessa]

Kevin T. Preach’s shyness didn’t define him.

“He was quiet at first, but that is not at all who he was,” said Dan Linehan, who met Preach in middle school. “He was outgoing, friendly. He was a very, very unselfish kid. He just wanted to be in the Marines to show that he could do something to help.”

Preach, 21, of Bridgewater, Mass., died Feb. 7 [2009] from wounds suffered Jan. 24 while supporting combat operations in Farah province. He was a 2007 high school graduate and was assigned to Camp Lejeune.

Preach’s family and friends said he always wanted to be a Marine since he was a young child, perhaps because his father had been one as well.

“He knew what it entailed, and he never complained or talked about how dangerous it was,” said Brianna Kelliher, Preach’s girlfriend. “He once said that he wasn’t afraid to die, he was just afraid of what it would do to all the people around him.”

He also is survived by his mother, Laurie.

“He was the funniest person I have ever met,” said Kelliher. “He would always make sure that everyone around him was comfortable, so he would always tell jokes.”

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

[AZamericonnie]

Not personally Luvie...just from a FB site.

[PROCON]

Evening Connie ((HUGS))

What's up with you this Memorial Day weekend?!

[luvie]

Great graphic....PAINful tat! :)

[AZamericonnie]

God rest him well....

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Pro...spring cleaning is on my agenda.

I’m taking tomorrow off & will spend the next 4 days purging & scrubbing.

Sounds like fun? Your welcome to join me!:)

[ConorMacNessa]

Forgot to mention in that last post that he was a Lance Corporal in the USMC - 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Rest in Peace, Fallen Brother!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!